Kitchen implement.



R. H. MEYER. KITCHEN IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APRI21. 1906.

PA'TENTBD APR.2, 190v;

WITNESSES.

a I 3 y mi min-iron;

' resident of Knoxville, in the county of Allev ing its bottom recessedor grooved, as at 2.

as indicated in Fig. 2. The end of this hand trating the use of the sameas a box-opener.

like.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. RUDOLPH MEYER, OF KNOXIFIILE, PENNSYLVANIA.

KITCHEN IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed April 21. 1906. Serial No. 313,025.

Patented April 2, 1907.

To all toll/0m it 1111/1/71 concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH H. MEYER, a l

gheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in-i vented a new and usefulImprovement in I Kitchen Implements; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relatesto a combination implement for kitchen and similaruse.

The object is to provide an implement of this character of convenientform and capable of several uses.

In the drawings, Figure lis a perspective View showing the bottom of theimplement. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same i when used as acan-opener. F 3 is a similar view showing the same used as abottleopener, and Fig. 4 is a similar view illus- The implementcomprises a body or handle portion 1, rounded on its upper face andhav-i At one end the body is provided with a down turned portion 3,which serves as a fulcrum fer the can-opening blade 4, the latter havingits cutting edge 5 on its upper edge. The fulcrum edge 6 is quite acuteor sharp, as shown, so as to bite into the metal of the can.. Aguide-lip 7 is also provided.

At its opposite end the body is provided with a downwardl -inclinedportion 8, whose outer face is rounded to serve as a hand-rest,-

rest is pointed, as at 9, and can be used for various purposes, such asopening cigar-boxes or lifting the lids of air-tlght cans and theSubstantially midway of the handle and at one side thereof is a lug 10,which serves as a finger-grip when the implement is used as acan-opener, as shown in Fig. 2, and also when used as a box-opener.Pivoted to this lug 1s a corkscrew 11, which normally hes in the hollowor groove portion of the handle, with its shank in a notch 12, but whichis adapted to be turned at right angles to the handle and snap into anotch 13 in the lug 10. The metal of the corkscrew is sufficientlyresilient to cause it to engage the two notches 12 and 13 and to be heldfirmly therein.

Cooperating with the inner inclined face 14 of the downturned portionSis a shoulder 15, {which is adapted to engage the lower edge of a metalbottle-cap, the inclined face 14 resting on the top thereof, as shown inFig. 3, so that i by a slight upward movement on the handle said cap canbe removed; This shoulder, together with the edge portion adjacentthereto, may be used to draw tacks and small nails.

The implement described is compact and neat of appearance and contains anumber of different implements combined for convenient use. The body maybe either a casting or a stamped sheet-metal piece.

What I claim is- 1. A combination implement comprising a handle havingone end turned at a sharp angle ending in a flat point and having a flatinclined lower face, and a shoulder on the lower edge of the handlecooperating with said inclined lower face, said shoulder on its loweredge slopingfrom its end toward the handle.

2. A combination implement comprising a handle having one end turned ata sharp angle and provided with an outer rounded face,- a flat sharppoint and a flat inclined lower face, and a shoulder on the lower edgeof the handle cooperating with said inclined lower face.

In testimony whereof I, the said RUDOLPH H. MEYER, have hereunto set myhand.

RUDOLPH H. MEYER.

. Vitnesses:

F. W. WINTER,

ROBERT C. TOTTEN.

